Example sentences of "[adv] [been] [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you 've only been skiing for a short while . |
| 2 | Carole Rue , BT 's network services development manager , said : ‘ Although the trial has only been running for a few weeks we 're most encouraged by the initial response from our customers . |
| 3 | Vibrational excitation has only been reported for a few simple molecules in the gas phase , as shown in Fig. 5.8 , and vibrational structure may also be seen on some bands arising from electronic transitions . |
| 4 | Some kinds of long-term memory seem to endure indefinitely even though they have apparently been lost for a long time , e.g. an older person may find it easy to recall childhood events with great clarity even though there has been no use of the material for fifty or sixty years . |
| 5 | For years before that , however , football enthusiasts in Glasgow had long been agitating for an international match against the deaf footballers of England , without success . |
| 6 | Agreements there have generally been concluded for an indefinite term and ( linked with this ) no ‘ peace obligation ’ has arisen by the application of the agreement , in contrast to Germany . |
| 7 | The Redcar crew have already been honoured for a daring rescue earlier this year . |
| 8 | This can be taken to mean that the work has already been printed for a limited number of people by private gift or circulation , but has not been published in the sense that it has been offered to the general public . |
| 9 | Moving right up to date , Johnny is now signed to Virgin 's Point Blank label , and his first release — titled ‘ Let Me In ’ — has already been nominated for a Grammy award . |
| 10 | This is , in effect , what had already been known for a considerable time as a ‘ cantata ’ for six voices , four viole , two violini , and string and keyboard continuo , in four strongly contrasted sections ( solo and tutti ) preceded by a sinfonia . |
| 11 | like I 've just said , I 've just been speaking for a whole lesson , my voice is just I 've got to talk to you to explain what we 're doing , so let's quietly |
| 12 | I first came across her in a marriage hymn in Songs of Praise , which I still feel is the best that has ever been composed for a Christian wedding . |
| 13 | Piano keys made with synthetic resins or polymer fibres eventually become slippery with sweat from the pianist 's fingers after been played for a long time . |
| 14 | Opposition parties had also been pressing for an early poll , especially in view of the poor performance by ANAP in local elections since 1989 [ see p. 36528 ] . |
| 15 | Jake fingered the paperweight idly as he continued , ‘ It had probably been developing for a few days . |
| 16 | Yes , this is what big shops , particularly in America , have now been doing for a few years , in that the till that takes your order as it were is also a computer terminal on line to large computers somewhere else , and every time your tin of baked bins is checked out by the girl on the till , it is adjusting the stocks on its large computer and saying , ‘ Hey , we 're going to run out of baked beans at approximately ten o'clock tomorrow morning . |
| 17 | It has even been known for an esteemed binder 's ticket to be transferred from a battered volume to a more handsome specimen with which he had no demonstrable connection . |
| 18 | Rights have even been sold for a 3,000 copy Faroese edition of the Children 's Encyclopaedia — one copy per household in the Faroe Islands . |
| 19 | Smyth had earlier been booked for a nasty tackle on Cunningham . |
| 20 | Governor 's rule had initially been imposed for a maximum six-month period ( as provided for under the state Constitution ) on Jan. 19 [ see pp. 37183-84 ] . |